Non-visa restrictions Visa requirements for Zimbabwean citizens

1 non-visa restrictions

1.1 passport validity length
1.2 blank passport pages
1.3 vaccination
1.4 israeli stamps
1.5 armenian ethnicity
1.6 persona non grata
1.7 criminal record

non-visa restrictions

passport validity length

many countries require passports valid @ least 6 months upon arrival. note nations have bilateral agreements other countries shorten passport validity cut-off period each other s citizens.

countries requiring passports valid @ least 6 months on arrival include afghanistan, algeria, anguilla, bahrain, bhutan, botswana, british virgin islands, brunei, cambodia, cameroon, cayman islands, central african republic, chad, comoros, côte d ivoire, curaçao, ecuador, egypt, el salvador, equatorial guinea, fiji, gabon, guinea bissau, guyana, indonesia, iran, iraq (except when arriving @ basra , erbil or sulaimaniyah), israel, jordan, kenya, kiribati, laos, madagascar, malaysia, marshall islands, micronesia, myanmar, namibia, nicaragua, nigeria, oman, palau, papua new guinea, philippines, qatar, rwanda, saint lucia, samoa, saudi arabia, singapore, solomon islands, somalia, somaliland, sri lanka, suriname, taiwan, tanzania, thailand, timor-leste, tokelau, tonga, tuvalu, uganda, united arab emirates, vanuatu, venezuela, vietnam, yemen , zimbabwe.

countries requiring passports valid @ least 4 months on arrival include micronesia , zambia.

countries requiring passports valid @ least 3 months on arrival include european union countries (except denmark, republic of ireland , united kingdom, , except eu/eea/swiss citizens), albania, belarus, georgia, honduras, iceland, jordan, kuwait, lebanon, liechtenstein, moldova, monaco, nauru, panama, saint barthélemy, san marino, switzerland , united arab emirates.

bermuda requires passports valid @ least 45 days upon entry.

countries require passport validity of @ least 1 month on arrival include eritrea, hong kong, macao, new zealand , south africa.

other countries require either passport valid on arrival or passport valid throughout period of intended stay.

blank passport pages

many countries require minimum number of blank pages in passport being presented, 1 or 2 pages.

vaccination

many african countries, including angola, benin, burkina faso, cameroon, central african republic, chad, democratic republic of congo, republic of congo, côte d ivoire, equatorial guinea, gabon, ghana, guinea, liberia, mali, mauritania, niger, rwanda, são tomé , príncipe, senegal, sierra leone, uganda, , zambia require incoming passengers have current international certificate of vaccination.

some other countries require vaccination if passenger coming infected area.

israeli stamps

kuwait, lebanon, libya, saudi arabia, sudan, syria , yemen not allow entry people passport stamps israel or passports have either used or unused israeli visa, or there evidence of previous travel israel such entry or exit stamps neighbouring border posts in transit countries such jordan , egypt.

to circumvent arab league boycott of israel, israeli immigration services have ceased stamp foreign nationals passports on either entry or exit israel. since 15 january 2013, israel no longer stamps foreign passports @ ben gurion airport, giving passengers card instead: since january 2013 pilot scheme has been introduced whereby visitors given entry card instead of entry stamp on arrival. should keep card passport until leave. evidence of legal entry israel , may required, particularly @ crossing points occupied palestinian territories. passports still (as of 22 june 2017) stamped @ erez when travelling , out of gaza. also, passports still stamped (as of 22 june 2017) @ jordan valley/sheikh hussein , yitzhak rabin/arava land borders jordan.

iran: admission refused holders of passports containing israeli visa/stamp in last 12 months

armenian ethnicity

due state of war existing between armenia , azerbaijan, government of azerbaijan not bans entry of citizens armenia, citizens , nationals of other country of armenian descent, republic of azerbaijan (although there have been exceptions, notably armenia s participation @ 2015 european games held in azerbaijan).

azerbaijan strictly bans visit foreign citizens separatist region of nagorno-karabakh (the de facto independent republic of artsakh), surrounding territories , azerbaijani exclaves of karki, yuxarı Əskipara, barxudarlı , sofulu de jure part of azerbaijan under control of armenia, without prior consent of government of azerbaijan. foreign citizens enter these occupied territories, permanently banned entering republic of azerbaijan , included in list of personae non gratae .

upon request, republic of artsakh authorities may attach visa and/or stamps separate piece of paper in order avoid detection of travel country.

persona non grata

the government of country can declare diplomat persona non grata, banning entry country. in non-diplomatic use, authorities of country may declare foreigner persona non grata permanently or temporarily, because of unlawful activity. attempts enter gaza strip sea may attract 10-year ban on entering israel.

criminal record

some countries (for example, canada) routinely deny entry foreigners have criminal record.